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Sestertius - Hadrian IVDAEA S C, Judea
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 130-133 |
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| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Hadrian standing right, his right hand raised in adlocutio gesture and his left hand holding a scroll, facing the personification of Judaea standing left. Judaea holds a patera in one hand and an incense box in the other, with an altar — typically accompanied by a bull at its base — positioned between the two figures. At the feet of Judaea, three children stand holding palm branches, symbolizing the submission of the province. The composition belongs to the celebrated 'Hadrian Adventus' or provincial series, commemorating the emperor's visit to Judaea circa 130 AD, and is framed by the abbreviated reverse legend in the field. |
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Issued in the years immediately following Hadrian's personal visit to the eastern provinces, this sestertius belongs to a group of "province" coins struck to commemorate the imperial tour — a deliberate propaganda program casting Rome's dominion over conquered territories as benevolent and ordered. Judaea by this point had been pacified after the catastrophic Jewish revolt of 66–73 AD, its temple destroyed and its population dispersed, yet Rome continued issuing coins invoking the province by name for decades afterward.
The Bar Kokhba revolt broke out circa 132 AD, almost certainly while this type was still being struck.